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melo·dra·ma
/ˈmɛləˌdrɑmə, ˌdræ-/
音樂劇,通俗劇,戲劇似的事件
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mel·o·dra·ma
n.
Formerly
,
a
kind
of
drama
having
a
musical
accompaniment
to
intensify
the
effect
of
certain
scenes
.
Now
,
a
drama
abounding
in
romantic
sentiment
and
agonizing
situations
,
with
a
musical
accompaniment
only
in
parts
which
are
especially
thrilling
or
pathetic
.
In
opera
,
a
passage
in
which
the
orchestra
plays
a
somewhat
descriptive
accompaniment
,
while
the
actor
speaks
;
as
,
the
melodrama
in
the
gravedigging
scene
of
Beethoven's
“Fidelio”
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
melodrama
n
:
an
extravagant
comedy
in
which
action
is
more
salient
than
characterization
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